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Paul Delvaux
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Belgian
, 1897–1994)
Paul Delvaux
Study for ‘L’Escalier’,
created: 1946
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Biography
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1897
Born on 23 September at Antheit, near Huy in Belgium
1916 - 1919
Enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels, initially studying architecture, and, later, painting
1918
Met Franz Courtens during a holiday in Duinbergen
1920 - 1921
Carried out his military service from May 31, 1920 to June 18, 1921; in the evenings he followed the classes given by Jean Delville at the Brussels Academy
1920
Spent his afternoons at the Rouge-Cloître, at the edge of the Forêt de Soignes, where he painted many landscapes; met the painter Alfred Bastien who encouraged his ambition to be a painter
1923
Exhibited for the first time at the Exposition de jeune peinture et jeune sculpture at the Brussels gallery of Georges Giroux
1936
Shared an exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels with René Magritte, a fellow member of the Belgian group Les Compagnons de l’Art
1937
Joined the Belgian Surrealists
1938 - 1939
Visited Italy
1938
Solo exhibitions at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, and the London Gallery
1944 - 1945
First retrospective was held at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels
1947
Executed stage designs for Jean Genet’s Adame Miroire
1950 - 1962
Appointed professor at the Ecole Supérieure d’Art et d’Architecture in Brussels
1956
Traveled to Greece
1965 - 1966
Served as president and director of the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Belgium; produced his first lithographs
1965
Retrospectives of his work were held at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
1969
Retrospectives of his work were held at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris
1973
Retrospectives of his work were held at the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam
Awarded the Rembrandt Prize of the Johann Wolfgang Stiftung
1975
Retrospective was shown at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo and the National Museum of Modern Art of Kyoto
1977
Became an associate member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts of France
1994
Died in Veurne, Belgium, on July 20
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Exhibitions
2008
Cosas del Surrealismo - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
2007
Das grosse Finale - 49 Jahre - 9.12.1958 - 8.12.2007 - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
Peggy Guggenheim E L’immaginario Surreale - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
25 years Brusberg Berlin - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
Sommergäste - Neuerwerbungen und Arbeiten aus dem Bestand (II) - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
Sommergäste - Neuerwerbungen und Arbeiten aus dem Bestand (I) - Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin
Surreal Things - Surrealism and Design - Victoria and Albert Museum - V&A, London (England)
La colección Pierre y Maria-Gaetana Matisse en The Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York - Museo Picasso Málaga, Málaga
Il Settimo Splendore - La modernità della malinconia - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Palazzo Forti, Verona
Fondation Beyeler: EROS in der Kunst der Moderne - BA-CA Kunstforum Wien, Vienna
A New Key: Modern Belgian Art from the Simon Collection - McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Auktion 22 - Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
Classics - Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Exhibition - NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Ensor and the avantgardes by the sea - Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende
2006
Das Geheimnis der Frau - Paul Delvaux und der Surrealismus - Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld (solo)
Surrealism: Then and Now - Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York City, NY
Memento Mori - Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York City, NY
EROS in der Kunst der Moderne - Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
2005
Il surrealismo di Delvaux tra Magritte e De Chirico - Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin
Auktion 21 - Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
Prints from the collections of the Turku Art Museum - Turku Art Museum, Turku
Il nudo fra ideale e realtà - Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna - GAM, Bologna
La ciudad que nunca existió. Arquitecturas fantásticas en el arte occidental - Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao
Andererseits - Die Phantastik - Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz
2004
The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
A century of belgian painting - Frissiras Museum, Athens
2003
Die Sammlung Wald - Glanzstücke der Malerei des 20. Jahrhunderts - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
A Singular Vision: The Melvin Blake and Frank Purnell Legacy - MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
2001
Surrealism: Desire Unbound - Tate Modern, London (England)
2000
Cosmos - From Goya to De Chirico from Friedrich to Kiefer - Palazzo Grassi, Venice
1999
Paul Delvaux - Acuarelas y Dibujos - Museu d´Art Espanyol Contemporani (Fundación Juan March), Palma de Mallorca (solo)
Forma y Figuración - Obras maestras de la Colección Blake-Purnell - Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
1998
Paul Delvaux - Fundación Juan March, Madrid (solo)
1995
46th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
1992
Adam & Eve - Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Saitama
1989
Open Mind (Gesloten Circuits) - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
Paul de Vaux - Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich (solo)
1982
In Our Time: Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum 1948–1982 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
1969
Ensor - Delvaux - Magritte - Galerie Gmurzynska - Köln, Cologne
1959
documenta 2 - Documenta, Kassel
1958
Paintings from the Urvater Collection - Tate Britain, London (England)
The Disquieting Muse: Surrealism - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
1953
5th Anniversary Exhibition
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Groeninge Museum, Bruges, Belgium
Dexia Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Musée d'Ixelles - Museum van Elsene, Brussels, Belgium
Musée d´Art Moderne Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende, Belgium
Museo Botero, Santafé de Bogota, Colombia
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
Yokohama Museum of Art, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Scheringa Museum voor Realisme, Spanbroek, Netherlands
Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Tate Britain, London (England), UK
SCAG -Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (England), UK
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY, USA
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC, USA
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